| Dates | 30 May–1 June 2008 | ||||
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| Venue | The Old Course | ||||
| Location | St Andrews, Scotland | ||||
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| United States wins the Curtis Cup | |||||
The 35th Curtis Cup Match was played from 30 May to 1 June 2008 on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The United States won 13 to 7. [1] This was the first Curtis Cup played over three days, including fourball matches for the first time. Stacy Lewis won all her five matches.
The contest was a three-day competition, with three foursomes and three fourball matches on each of the first two days, and eight singles matches on the final day, a total of 20 points.
Each of the 20 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns 1⁄2 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 101⁄2 points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retains the Cup.
Eight players for the Great Britain & Ireland and USA participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team. [2]
The Great Britain & Ireland team was selected by the LGU in March 2008. [3]
 &  Great Britain & Ireland | ||||
| Name | Age | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mary McKenna | 59 | non-playing captain | ||
 Liz Bennett | 25 | |||
 Carly Booth | 15 | |||
| Krystle Caithness | 19 | |||
| Jodi Ewart | 20 | |||
 Breanne Loucks | 20 | played in 2006 | ||
| Florentyna Parker | 18 | |||
| Michele Thomson | 20 | |||
| Sally Watson | 16 | |||
The American team was selected by the USGA's International Team Selection Committee in January 2008. [4]
 Team USA | |||||
| Name | Age | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Semple Thompson | 59 | non-playing captain | |||
| Amanda Blumenherst | 21 | played in 2006 | |||
| Meghan Bolger | 30 | ||||
| Mina Harigae | 18 | ||||
| Tiffany Joh | 21 | ||||
| Kimberly Kim | 16 | ||||
| Jennie Lee | 21 | played in 2006 | |||
| Stacy Lewis | 23 | ||||
| Alison Walshe | 23 | ||||
 &  | Results |  |
|---|---|---|
| Bennett/Ewart |  3 & 1 | Lewis/Walshe |
| Thomson/Watson |  1 up | Harigae/Lee |
| Loucks/Parker | 1 up | Blumenherst/Joh |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 1 | Overall | 2 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Booth/Thomson | 3 & 2 | Kim/Harigae |
| Watson/Caithness | 3 & 2 | Joh/Bolger |
| Parker/Bennett | 3 & 1 | Blumenherst/Lewis |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 2 | Overall | 4 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Booth/Loucks | 3 & 2 | Kim/Lee |
| Watson/Thomson | 5 & 4 | Walshe/Lewis |
| Bennett/Ewart | halved | Blumenherst/Joh |
| 11⁄2 | Session | 11⁄2 |
| 31⁄2 | Overall | 51⁄2 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Booth/Loucks | 2 & 1 | Kim/Harigae |
| Watson/Caithness | 3 & 2 | Blumenherst/Bolger |
| Bennett/Parker | 1 up | Walshe/Lewis |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 41⁄2 | Overall | 71⁄2 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Breanne Loucks | 3 & 1 | Kimberly Kim |
| Jodi Ewart | 2 & 1 | Amanda Blumenherst |
| Elizabeth Bennett | 3 & 2 | Stacy Lewis |
| Carly Booth | 6 & 5 | Tiffany Joh |
| Michele Thomson | halved | Jennie Lee |
| Florentyna Parker | 6 & 4 | Meghan Bolger |
| Krystle Caithness | 2 & 1 | Mina Harigae |
| Sally Watson | 1 up | Alison Walshe |
| 21⁄2 | Session | 51⁄2 |
| 7 | Overall | 13 |
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